Garment-fastener.



No. 685,|6|. Patented Ont. 22, IQI. F. B.MATHEWSON.

GARMENT FASTENER.

(Application med Feb. 2o. 1901.).

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' FANNIE MArHEwsoN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARM ENT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,161, dated October22, 1901. Application lled February 20, 1901. Serial No. 48,100. (Nomodel.)

To all wir/ 0m it may concern.-

Beit known that LFANNIE B. MATHEwsoN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garment-Fastener,of which the followin gis a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention'relates to im provements-in garment-fasteners of thehook-and-eye order; and the object is to provide a fastener of simpleconstruction that may be readily attached to a garment without the usualsewing.

I will describe a garment-fastener embodying my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin g a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the ligures.

Figure l is a perspective view of a fastener embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is an end view showing the device as attached to a garment, andFig. 3 is a sectional view vof the fastener.

The fastener comprises a body-plate l and The outer member of theloop-section when in position extends length- -wise of the body-plate,and one end member 3, which is turned inward from the outer member,extends through an opening at one end of the body-plate and is headed onits inner end. The member 3 is engaged loosely in the opening, so thatthe loop-section mayA turn or swing transversely of the body-plate. Theopposite or free end 4 of the loop is turned substantially parallel withthe member 3 and terminates in a hook 5, adapted toy engage around thebody-plate, and on the end of this body-plate is a tongue 6, designed tobe turned down upon the hook portion when the parts are adj ustedtogether in a garment, thus preventing a movement of the loop-sectionrelatively to the body-plate that would disconnect them. The body-plateI' have shown as transversely curved or troughshaped, so that its edgeswill engage against the inner surface of the cloth or other fabric towhich the device is attached. By thus providing a bearing at the twoedges only the material will not be wrinkled, and as the plate is quitewide it will serve to prevent a lateral movement of the loop when strainis applied thereto.

In applying the device the hook portion of the loop-section is to bepassed through the goods from the under side and then carried over andpassed through the goods from the upper 4side and engaged with theplate, as clearly indicated in the drawings. After thus engaging thehook with the plate the tongue 6 is to be turned over upon the hook forth purpose before mentioned.

Having thus 'described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- In a garment-fastener, a body-plate, a loopsectionmounted to swing across the plane of the plate and substantiallyparallel therewith, the said loop having a hook at its free end forengaging over the plate at the opposite side from that from which theloopprojects, and a tongue on the plate for engaging over the hook,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of Witnesses:

CARL A. G. ADAE, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

